stoppage (
http://definr.com/stoppage)
n 1: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the
negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check";
"during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay
enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire
stop in his seat" [syn:
arrest,
check,
halt,
hitch,
stay,
stop]
2: an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber
to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" [syn:
blockage,
block,
closure,
occlusion,
stop]
3: the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some
remarkable stops"; "stoppage of the flow resulted in a
flood" [syn:
stop]